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Votes at a glance

- Treasurer’s consent calendar: Motion to approve passed (mover and seconder on the record; roll call recorded five \"Yes\" votes). Outcome: approved.

- PI levy renewal resolution (1.25 mil, to proceed with election): Treasurer Kyle Klingler made the motion; Mrs. Mowery seconded. Roll call recorded five \"Yes\" votes. Outcome: board president directed staff to submit the resolution to the Board of Elections for placement on the November ballot.

- Superintendent’s consent calendar (routine personnel and operational items): Motion passed by roll call with five \"Yes\" votes. Outcome: approved under a single motion.

- Insurance coverage for a board member: The board approved coverage through the district plan for the 2025–26 policy year; the motion passed (roll call recorded; outcome approved). Note: the insurance item appeared under superintendent consent items and board members discussed abstention language during roll call; meeting minutes show the motion passed.

- Homeschool student athletics participation: The board approved a Crestview Local School District homeschool student, Nora White, to participate on Ashland High School girls’ tennis for the 2025–26 season; motion carried by roll call with recorded \"Yes\" votes.

- Superintendent contract amendment: The board approved an amendment to the superintendent’s contract after a motion and second; roll call recorded a majority \"Yes\" and the motion passed.

- Treasurer contract amendment: The board approved an amendment to the treasurer’s contract after a motion and second; roll call recorded a majority \"Yes\" and the motion passed.

- Executive session: The board voted by roll call to enter executive session for employment matters; roll call recorded votes consistent with a majority and the motion passed. No further action was taken after executive session; the meeting adjourned.

Ending: Meeting minutes and roll-call excerpts show unanimous or majority approval for the items listed above. For exact motion language and the official roll‑call transcript, see the board packet and certified minutes submitted to the Board of Elections and the district records office.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Ashland City Schools BOE Meeting 6/23/2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its June 23 meeting, the Ashland City Schools Board of Education approved the treasurer’s and superintendent’s consent calendars, a permanent-improvement (PI) levy renewal resolution for November, personnel contract amendments and a homeschool student’s athletic participation.","taxTitle","Ashland City, School Districts, Ohio","taxId",54452,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6513773,"Board discusses switching from Bloomz to ParentSquare; staff cite athletics rostering, secure documents and two‑way texting as drivers",1107,1980000,3087000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a&start=1980&end=3087","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a/thumbnail_1980000.jpg","/articles/6513773/Ashland-City/School-Districts/Ohio/Board-discusses-switching-from-Bloomz-to-ParentSquare-staff-cite-athletics-rostering-secure-documents-and-twoway-texting-as-drivers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6513773-43f8c41ac692ca410c7eacfd16678287/orig.mp4?Expires=1771205253&Signature=ehBI2ctHqbJvrwENXdKFzq14nhvEGXE8jIkEvV9gug-3dQWmcdRglQeiMu8rgCx87Ffvicie4TMTRtvNXzxjYg1GYgpv-Oir5GiTFnz3mjeyGvhvRUrasp31iarVwr44j1lsw~8jeE-enR4dLm5BfDwdhelzPxuZSqk9JYSH8sF-Oleo~ZYMoD37FJhKEp6bVqHnPSQdTxNNC~NgaeRugdbE2AqF3Y9R9daaO3qpQtRw3e38yiLU6g9dJjY3asv4Iplc-P70E6jZXOK9tXSje~lsfZSeTJftv2qgzk6erxa4UqU76tsi2O6GhYRnFUBKfOD6LvM3lbUhuZGQB25xhg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District technology and communications staff presented a proposal to replace the district’s mass‑communication platform, Bloomz, with ParentSquare and asked the board for input on timing.

Communications and technology staff said Bloomz was adopted after the district moved away from Remind and that Bloomz provided some useful features but has limitations the district now finds difficult to overcome. Staff described one persistent problem for athletics: because Bloomz assigns each account to a currently enrolled building through the district’s rostering (Clever), an eighth‑grade athlete cannot access a high‑school athletics group until the rostering rolls over in mid‑August; Bloomz’s nightly updates then remove and reassign students automatically. That rostering behavior, staff said, forced manual workarounds for coaches and technology staff.

Staff recommended ParentSquare because it supports manual group membership (which avoids the eighth‑to‑ninth grade rostering problem), provides a virtual phone feature for masked teacher calls, has secure document delivery for sensitive records, supports digital permission‑slip signing and offers two‑way texting that parents can use from their phones. Staff said ParentSquare purchased Remind and reported strong peer-district experience. They also said ParentSquare’s annual cost was about $1,000 less than Bloomz according to their last estimate.

Staff outlined a possible rapid transition timeline: a two‑week turnaround if the board authorized immediate action, with the district’s contract with Bloomz ending June 30. Staff warned that a quick move could mean a brief period without mass-communication service (for example during the July 4 week) and that the athletics rostering issue is the most labor‑intensive piece if the district remains on Bloomz another year.

Board members generally expressed support for ParentSquare’s features — including digital permission slips and secure documents — but raised concerns about the timing of a transition during reconfiguration and the staff workload required to onboard teachers and families. Several board members said they would prefer committing to a platform for multiple years rather than switching annually.

Ending: Staff said they would not move forward without the board’s guidance and offered options: switch immediately, buy extra months from Bloomz, or continue with Bloomz for one more year while surveying staff and parents and preparing a staged transition.","District technology and communications staff presented complaints about Bloomz and a comparison with ParentSquare, saying ParentSquare offers secure document delivery, permission‑slip signing and two‑way texting; board members generally supported a move but discussed timing risks and the end-of-June contract deadline.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6513779,"Treasurer warns House Bill 335 could cut district property tax revenue; board told income‑tax backup would take time to close gap",578,864000,1442000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a&start=864&end=1442","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a/thumbnail_864000.jpg","/articles/6513779/Ashland-City/School-Districts/Ohio/Treasurer-warns-House-Bill-335-could-cut-district-property-tax-revenue-board-told-incometax-backup-would-take-time-to-close-gap","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6513779-95d00aca2f01a9eae956fda09601bfa5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771205253&Signature=gXjgmzIgINvwwQXV-2~7eAy8xd7h6ZCjaQli2J6fnuKyn~dbldJW4DWjFMgCaJ-45yS3S2pOI3hpbjzHT9guRfuyNX2YEwZYnbIYHiQXuZ5lIv5CEodS9GtCEVGbLpLDxZ9kVQ-~OexPYFBAMpl8VEyN7geT2TZr1dmcLGxknIkGd-wvXjhA~REV0nykzs35vHCczmMT2lVqOQWieE5bnkKRg2yZK4kTt1uu4CysoMfkbOyY3eLICrFb8Qc3mRW05DoQVLVizl-3RsaMpCqwlczY284XOdCewS1~ak9ZjZwDLgk~YVUI399RQpgFs~pPV9Sz~Y7472lTViDFnOlMaQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Kyle Klingler, the district treasurer, told the board that proposed state legislation known in testimony as House Bill 335 could eliminate 10 inside mills statewide and sharply reduce local property-tax revenue for cities, counties and school districts.

Klingler said his updated five-year forecast shows Ashland’s effective inside mills falling from about 22 mills this year to roughly 18 and 16 in subsequent years — and, if the district only relied on current responses, the forecasted cash balance would end year five about $4.7 million negative under one scenario.

Klingler presented four scenarios to the board, including replacement by an earned‑income tax. He said a 0.5% earned‑income tax placed on the November ballot and enacted for calendar year 2026 would produce a small first-year payment — $136,000 for the partial first calendar quarter — because the state collects and remits the revenue on a lag. He said that collection would grow in subsequent years (his forecast showed roughly $1.8 million and then about $3.0 million as collections normalized) but would still not fully replace an estimated $3.2 million loss in inside millage under the model he presented.

Klingler also noted the state’s homestead rollback and other statewide credits would reduce district state-shared revenue as inside millage is removed. He told the board the legislature was expected to finish a conference submission and that the governor would then have line-item veto authority.

If the board wanted to pursue an earned‑income tax on the November ballot, Klingler said the district must run two hearings: an initial hearing to request information from the Department of Taxation and a second hearing to certify the levy, and the certification deadline would fall on or before Aug. 6 for a November ballot. He warned that meeting the timeline would require multiple extra board meetings in July.

Klingler told the board he had built assumptions into the forecast, including that any new income tax would pass and that the district’s other levies (the PI levy renewal and an operating-levy renewal in 2028) would be approved by voters. “We’re trying to prepare for the worst, hoping for the best,” he said.

Ending: Board members asked clarifying questions about veto authority, levy thresholds and local impacts such as mental-health‑board funding. Klingler said he would keep the board updated as the legislature moved quickly on the bill.","Treasurer Kyle Klingler told the board that proposed state legislation removing 10 inside mills would sharply reduce local property tax revenue and showed scenarios using an earned-income tax to replace part of the loss, but cautioned collections would lag.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6513784,"Ashland City Schools report mixed statewide test results; district highlights targeted reading, math interventions",4227,85000,4312000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a&start=85&end=4312","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5066924-12d445c9b0364ccfedd88c1002dfb76a/thumbnail_85000.jpg","/articles/6513784/Ashland-City/School-Districts/Ohio/Ashland-City-Schools-report-mixed-statewide-test-results-district-highlights-targeted-reading-math-interventions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6513784-95a7441dc76e792cad0ff74e21bee5ab/orig.mp4?Expires=1771205253&Signature=ZCDl0qmHpSnZh~SvHTOo9f4OFJ4IZwOwijuClWNIuKoJqQib4rJ2diAG2IuKa1igbc0BWBmN0i1ltMc2EadZXHSqG9g3SAgWphl7Zw8RHW5FmZqa11naYI6chJPoWit6yiAC6YQrM6i06Q6LJCxu89-s6PwqUreLiP4zdMq4yaaPkmM9CY3crNQUZD7OgTjkW~IoPpv7MB9YOdElAZJyQMiYlDsrQbD6hOYwqomBzu2Rdo1hKmmK~NNBirSEsrmfrZbolTO3Xl55FsdOtpd6ZXffwJKXjQatjunYYW2APmAdcurvkSzHqy1lx70Q-8BIgm8zXLMoSHb7mZUWIlVzog__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent Paramore reported Wednesday that Ashland City Schools saw modest year-to-year changes on state assessments and said the district is expanding targeted interventions to address persistent gaps.

Paramore said third-grade math scores returned the district to a small gain — up 1.2 percentage points — while third-grade ELA dropped about 1.5 points. Fourth-grade ELA fell about 5.1 points, while fourth-grade math remained high, and fifth-grade ELA, math and science were down “year to year,” he said. The largest single change Paramore highlighted was an 8th‑grade ELA gain of 23.1 percentage points; eighth‑grade science rose about 14.5 points.

Those changes reflect work district leaders said they have been emphasizing across buildings: new reading-intervention classes, English applications and literacy-connections courses, and algebra intervention sections. “We’ve created a reading intervention class, English applications and literacy connections courses, and an algebra intervention class,” Paramore said, adding that staff are using the MTSS multi-tier intervention framework to assign and monitor supports.

Paramore credited building-level teams and specific staff by name for the gains at the middle-school level. He said Ashland Middle School held a daily 30‑minute “ACT time” for targeted interventions and that staff meet regularly to refine curriculum maps and interventions.

The superintendent also drew the board’s attention to Ashland High School’s ranking on U.S. News & World Report: he said AHS was listed 180th out of 705 ranked public high schools in Ohio and 4,902nd nationally. At the high school level, Paramore noted modest gains in U.S. history and biology and described geometry as a traditionally difficult test for students; he cited the state average in geometry to provide context.

Paramore said the district is expanding “science of reading” training for staff, and noted that Ashland Middle School staff and several teachers were included in a state video about the reading work. He singled out teachers who were interviewed or named in the presentation and credited them with helping shape instruction.

On student support and safety, Paramore said the district has secured an additional school resource officer from the Ashland Police Department to start the 2025–26 school year and said the district will participate in the interview process for that new officer.

Paramore closed by asking the board and community to note that the district is preparing for a reconfiguration of primary grades and that new student handbooks will be ready before school starts in August.

Ending: The superintendent’s packet included a multi-page synopsis of assessment results and intervention plans; board members praised the classroom and intervention work and asked for continued attention to the newly reconfigured grade alignments and associated supports.","Superintendent Paramore reviewed school-by-school Ohio State test changes, noted large gains in eighth-grade ELA and targeted intervention programs, and announced a second school resource officer for 2025–26.","actionData","errors"]

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